InfoGuides: Folklore & Mythology: Find Articles

Key Folklore & Mythology Databases

JSTOR
Collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. Includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.
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Motif Index of Folk Literature
A classification of narrative elements in folktales, ballads, myths, fables, medieval romances, exempla, fabliaux, jest-books, and local legends.
MLA International Bibliography
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Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. Tutorial for the MLA International Bibliography database.
ProQuest Social Sciences Collections
Multidisciplinary; includes relevant anthropology, folklore, and other relevant areas.

Folklore
Peer-reviewed journal publishing ethnographical and analytical essays on vernacular culture worldwide, specialising in traditional narrative, language, music, song, dance, drama, foodways, medicine, arts and crafts, and popular religion and belief.
Journal of Folklore Research
Peer-reviewed journal providing topical, incisive examinations of vernacular or traditional expressive forms, as well as essays that address the fieldwork experience and the intellectual history of folklore and ethnomusicology studies.
Journal of American Folklore
Peer-reviewed journal publishing book, film, and exhibit reviews as well as articles on expressive culture and how groups make meaning through interactive activities.
Western Folklore
Peer-reviewed journal providing description and analysis of regional, national, and international folklore and custom.